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Bertha I. Strock 1927-2017

NILES — Bertha Irene Strock, 89, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital.

Bertha was born Aug. 1, 1927, in Indiana, Pa., the daughter of Eugene Arthur and Flora Viola Grove Russell Sr.

She was a member of the Niles First Baptist Church and was a sales consultant in the men’s department at the former Carlisle Department Store.

She is survived by her husband, Ward Eugene Strock; five children, Debra Lynne Strock of Kentwood, Mich., Mark Eugene Strock of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Steven Leroy Strock of Helena, Mont., Laurie Sue Strock, with whom she made her home, and Jeanine Anne Strock of Kentwood; six grandchildren; and two sisters, Edna Pearl Wiggins of Mineral Ridge and Emilie Frances Smith of Belle Vernon, Pa.

Bertha was preceded in death by five sisters and two brothers.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Niles First Baptist Church, where family and friends may call one hour before the services.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home.

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